ELLE September 2022

1 HOME COMFORTS Buzzy young British artist and designer Luke Edward Hall has teamed up with Ginori 1735 once again—this time on the famed Florentine porcelain manufacturer’s latest home fragrance range, dubbed the Profumi Luchino collection. Each of the candles conjures an imaginary dwelling in either the Cotswolds, Marrakech, Rajasthan, Big Sur, or Venice, and is housed in a porcelain vessel so beautiful, you’ll want to collect them all. Candles, Ginori 1735, from $490, ginori1735.com. 2 NEED FOR TWEED This season, Chanel transformed its signature fabric into makeup. Each shade in the eye shadow palette is embossed with a design resembling a mosaic of woven threads. And every quartet even comes with a collectible tweed pouch made by legendary embroidery house Maison Lesage—a matching, mini tweed jacket of sorts. Chanel Limited Edition Les 4 Ombres…

Anastasia Barbieri STYLIST Provenance: Born in Croatia, raised in Italy—both Rome and Turin Now: Paris, for the past 30 years This month: Styled the shoots “Trail Blazer” (page 210) and “Romantic Drama” (page 232). Behind the story: One of the inspirations for the shoots was western movies, mostly from [spaghetti western director] Sergio Leone. If you weren’t a stylist: I would possibly be a chef. The biggest lesson learned on the job: Be flexible! Advice to aspiring stylists: Be curious. Dream shoot locations: Polynesia or Mongolia. I’ve never been to either. Upcoming projects: I’ll be working on a few editorial shoots and spending some time in the Mediterranean. Ottessa Moshfegh WRITER; AUTHOR OF THE RECENT NOVEL LAPVONA Provenance: Newton, Massachusetts Now: Pasadena, California This month: Wrote “Finding Myself in a Vintage Shop” (page 127). Behind the story: An addiction to collecting vintage clothes. Power source: My four…

Who hasn’t cried to an Adele song? Between the pathos of her “Someone Like You” and the regret that inhabits every note of “Easy on Me,” this month’s cover star seems to possess an uncanny ability to tap into universal emotions—even when singing about specific moments in her personal life. And thankfully, Adele is not afraid to be just as vulnerable in an interview as she is at the mic. On page 197, she opens up about the headline-making postponement of her Vegas residency earlier this year. “I was embarrassed,” she tells Emma Carmichael. “I went into hiding.” But there’s good news on the horizon: The residency is getting new life with a revamped production she hopes will feel as intimate as a private concert. Adele was also game to…

The SUITCASE Go on-theme for a tropical getaway with Hermès’s aquatic-ornamented stunner. R.M.S. suitcase, Hermès, hermes.com. The BOOT Nicolas Ghesquière’s fall collection tapped into youthful sartorial experimentation. Recapture the feeling with his knee-high boot. Boot, Louis Vuitton, $2,490, louisvuitton.com. The EARRINGS Embrace the diversity of the planet’s beauty via this Cartier showpiece, inspired by the pandanus fruit. Cartier Beautés du Monde High Jewelry earrings, Cartier, by appointment only at select Cartier boutiques nationwide.…

For me, as a writer, vintage clothing holds special value: There are stories embedded in the seams, memories stuffed in the lining, caught between the pleats, and hidden in the hems. Sometimes the previous owner has left evidence: a shopping list in the pocket, a coffee stain or a rip from an ecstatic night out dancing. An imperfection is an indelible detail of a secondhand garment’s charm. A tear or missing button might tell the story of the item’s provenance, and sometimes an imperfection explains how the item found its way to you, who will mend it and love it again. It’s true about people, too—our marks and scars tell the stories of where we have been, where we fell, and how we’ve healed. For thousands of years, people wore one…

Pierre Hardy could have been a professional dancer. But in choosing an alternate route that led him to become the creative director of shoes and fine jewelry for Hermès, he believes he’s been able to achieve many of the same aims. “What I did with dance, and what I’m doing now, is help people to play with their own bodies and give them accessories to produce what they want for themselves,” he says. “A better image, in a way. To be yourself, but better.” If that vision of self-betterment via fashion feels like a very American sentiment, chalk it up to the designer’s stateside sensibilities. While Hardy is a native Parisian, he’s long enjoyed a romance with New York, splitting his time between the two. He sings the praises of his…